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    Trump wants the US to buy Greenland.

    Lol.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/polit...nal/index.html

    (CNN)President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility, two sources told CNN on Thursday.

    Trump's interest in buying Greenland was first reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that people familiar with the deliberations said the President has raised the issue during meetings and dinners, asking aides and listening seriously about the possibility and advantages of owning Greenland. He also asked his White House counsel to research the matter, according to two of the people.

    Two of the people also told the Journal that Trump's aides were divided on the issue, with some praising it as solid economic strategy and others dismissing it as a passing fancy.

    CNN has contacted the White House and the State Department for comment.

    Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to Thule Air Base, the US military's northernmost base, located about 750 miles above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951. The radar and listening post features a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System that can warn of incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles and reaches thousands of miles into Russian territory.

    Aides expressed both expectation and reservation at the President's still-unclear interest in the idea and had questions about the island's military and research potential, the Journal reported. They pointed to those outside the administration floating a Greenland purchase as a potential legacy-builder for Trump, similar to President Dwight Eisenhower's statehood for Alaska, the paper added.

    According to the Journal, one person described a dinner last spring where Trump told associates he had been advised to look into buying Greenland because Denmark faced financial trouble from supporting the territory.

    "What do you guys think about that?" Trump asked the room, the person told the paper. "Do you think it would work?"

    The person told the paper that Trump's comments seemed like more of a joke about his power than a genuine question. The person thought that the President was interested in Greenland due to its natural resources.

    Trump's attempt would not be the first American effort to buy Greenland. Though President Harry Truman dodged questions about his pursuit of control in the region, the United States allegedly tried to buy Greenland in 1946, and in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward showed interest in purchasing the island.
    Would be interested in hearing what citizens of Greenland think of this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celista View Post
    Lol.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/polit...nal/index.html


    Would be interested in hearing what citizens of Greenland think of this.
    They want to be free from Denmark not a part of another country

    And wtf? Denmark faces financial trouble from supporting Greenland? What nonsense is that?

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    Every day I get more reason to believe my suspicion he has an IQ around 80.

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    Like his stupidity knows no limits

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celista View Post
    Lol.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/polit...nal/index.html


    Would be interested in hearing what citizens of Greenland think of this.
    Less than 60,000 people live in Greenland, so good luck

    With that said I don't know their political leanings, BUT clearly they need statehood and 2 senators ASAP.

    I know very little of Greenland except what I've seen on TV and it seems very uninhabitable except a few spots on the coast. I watched a show about gold mining (prospecting) there and they just ended up wasting money and their time. I'm not even sure if they proved their deposits even had gold worth mining.

    Trump's legacy is giving tax cuts to the rich. Arming Saudi Arabia, Iran with nuclear weapons while allowing North Korea to expand their current capabilities. Losing a trade war with China. And depending on how badly he gets beat in 2020, potentially ushering in the age of the United Socialist Society of America (USSA).

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    Senile old man with nigh-unlimited power embarrasses himself on an international stage, volume infinity+1.

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    Feigning dementia to troll the libs. Oh, will this game of 5D-chess ever end... I'm really hoping for a member of the What-He-Meant-Crew, but I'm not holding out much hope.
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    Isn't he supposed to be building a wall, or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xarkan View Post
    They want to be free from Denmark not a part of another country

    And wtf? Denmark faces financial trouble from supporting Greenland? What nonsense is that?
    I guess they mean that we post far more money i to it, than we gain. And afaik any resources there wont go to Denmark.

    Imo sell sell sell, good chance to get a killer sale and dictate some future circumstances, lile stop bugging us about the 2% nato target etc. And we’d avoid the conflict with Russia where we’re insignificant.

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    That being said, the reaction from Danish politicians is in the line of “he must have lost his mind” “this has got to be an april fools” and “this is the least likely thing to happen”

    Goddamnit

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    Good luck with that one.

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    As a Dane, I wish him luck. He's going to need a lot of it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Xarkan View Post
    They want to be free from Denmark not a part of another country
    If they won't experience a deterioration of living standards. They'd rather stay a part of the Kingdom of Denmark otherwise. Besides, they've been self-governing for decades.

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    It could make sense if Denmark decides it no longer has the military means to face Russian sovereignty challenges in the Arctic. Plus so far the US is a smaller player in the Arctic, its direct sovereignty being limited to Alaska, with nothing on the Atlantic side.

    I'm neither a Dane nor a Groenlander, so no clue how such a proposal would be examined. I do know that Groenland is aiming at more autonomy if not independance, but is so far heavily dependant on subsidies from Denmark. If that was to become a thing, I assume they wouldn't settle for less than Statehood, despite its minute population.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeones View Post
    Every day I get more reason to believe my suspicion he has an IQ around 80.
    Think that number might be a bit too high.

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    A lot of countries have an interest in Greenland due to the melting ice and natural resources that are going to become available.

    Buying it....well that sounds like the foreign policy of the 19th century to try and keep China and Russia out of there. It just sounds fucking mad.
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    I guess it would be a nice place to put criminals or unwanted migrants. Hard to escape and would fit millions and millions since its the size of Mexico.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draco-Onis View Post
    Think that number might be a bit too high.
    Nah once you get below 80 you start hitting the range where independent functioning is difficult.

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    Trump the living argument for abortion. I bet he had a wig within a couple of weeks in her belly, damn his parents.
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    Apple did not explain why the update was first introduced in China, but over the years, the tech giant has been criticised for appeasing Beijing.

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    Hey sure, why not. Let's make them a state and give them some senators, too. Greenland loves socialism!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeones View Post
    Nah once you get below 80 you start hitting the range where independent functioning is difficult.
    You mean like stumbling, unable to walk for long periods and not being able to form coherent sentences

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeones View Post
    Every day I get more reason to believe my suspicion he has an IQ around 80.
    I think you're really overestimating. I didn't see a single person in Idiocracy dumber than him.

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